BehavioRx Case of the Month

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• December 2007  Old Cat New Puppy
• November 2007 Old Age Sleeping Problems
• October 2007
• September 2007 Jumping Fences
• August 2007 House Soiling and Separation Anxiety
• July 2007 Bill takes a vacation
• June 2007 Aggression
• May 2007 Housetraining - The Veterinary Connection
  
• April 2007 A Matter of Taste/Finnicky Eater
• March 2007 Emerging Dog Aggression - A Happy Ending
• February 2007 Housetraining A Yard Dog
• January 2007 Cats, Visitors and in-House Urinating
  
• December 2006 Happy New Puppy Christmas
• November 2006 Crate Aggression
• October 2006 Aggressive, Uncontrollable Dog
• September 2006 Kitten Won't House Train
  
• August 2006 Insecurity and Aggression
• July 2006 When People Argue
• June 2006 A Classic Dog Fighter
• May 2006 The Carsick Cairn Terrier
• April 2006 Aggression and Stress
• March 2006 Pomeranian Attack Dog
• February 2006 Training for Dependable Obedience
• January 2006 When Overprotective Dogs Get Better
• December 2005 Antibiotics and Dog Behavior
• November 2005 Family Cat Fights
• October 2005 Choosing a Dog by Breed
• September 2005 Hugging Dogs and The Air-puff Bite Reflex
• August 2005 Hygiene - It Comes Out in the Wash
• July 2005 Housetraining and Tidbits
• June 2005 Old Age and Senility in Dogs
• May 2005 Car-bound Aggression
• April 2005 Foolish Behavior
• March 2005 Housetraining the Overfed Puppy
• February 2005 Fighting Sibling Dogs
• January 2005 Deaf Gt. Dane/Aggression
• December 2004 The Shy Irish Setter
• November 2004 Housetraining - A Common Pitfall
• October 2004 House-soiling Prevention
• September 2004 Toys & play, bridges to friendliness
• August 2004 Carsickness Puppies - Avoiding It
• July 2004 Euthanasia - An Ode for Disappointed Dog Owners
• June 2004 Adult Cats, Housesoiling and Play
• May 2004 Whining Dogs: Why & What to Do
• April 2004 Housetraining and Understanding Digestive Reflexes
• March 2004 Aggressive Dogs The "Eyes" may have it
• February 2004 Housetraining Pups - Feeding
• January 2004 Front Door(bell) Aggression
• December 2003 Dogs Eating Stools; Health and Diets
• November 2003 A Gory Cat Halloween: A Sad Case
• October 2003 Older Dog Household Urination - A Matter of Trust
• September 2003 The Jolly Routine in Action
• August 2003 Self Overprotectiveness
• July 2003 A Case of July 4th Sound Phobia (again)
• June 2003 Case of the Mutilated German Shepherd - by C. Miriam Yarden, B.Sc.
• May 2003 Being a Leader instead of a Food Source
• April 2003 Following techniques exactly
• March 2003 The Overprotective "One-person" dog
• February 2003 A Hyper Dog - When it's genuine Hyperkinesis
• January 2003 Teaching for You and Your Deaf Dog
• December 2002 Stopping Dogs and Cats from Destroying Christmas Gifts, etc
• November 2002 Family Dogfights and Fences
• October 2002 Diets and Housetraining
• September 2002 Home Alone
• August 2002 A Fearful Puppy
• July 2002 A Grieving Dog
• June 2002 Housetraining and Imitation Behavior
• May 2002 Emotional Rapport between children and pets
• April 2002 Dogs who eat other dogs' poop
• March 2002 The Most Important Command - To Come from Attractive Distractions, An Avoidable Problem
• February 2002 Housetraining a Puppy, Avoiding Common Problems
• January 2002 Eating non-foods - Pica
• December 2001 Pain: It affects a Pet's Behavior
• November 2001 Unruly Behavior
• October 2001 Keeping pets off furniture or from chewing 'forbidden' objects.
• September 2001 Housetraining problem, Cat - Feeding solution.
• August 2001 Barking - Calisthenics for home-alone.
• July 2001 Clawing-suckling cat.
• June 2001 Aggression - Owner attitude, the invisible link.
• May 2001 Happy unruly pup owner following The New Better Behavior in Dogs.
• April 2001 Growling when touched; adopted dog - spinal injury - chiropractic adjustment
• March 2001 Spinning Terrier - No sleep due to dreaming/owner awakening.
• February 2001 Nipping - Hand-happy, food-beggar.
• January 2001 Growling dog when baby starts walking.
• December 2000 Aggressive Labrador and the shock collar
• November 2000 Biting - How to train a defensive fear-biter Part 2.
• October 2000 Biting - How to train a defensive fear-biter Part 1.
• September 2000 Unruly Poodle sniffs crotches.
• August 2000 Aggression - Growled at obedience class. Rehabilitation.
• July 2000 Aggression, attack hubby. A subjective dog, Blitz. Rehabilitation.
• June 2000 Labrador - Hyper, got out of crate, used Sof-Touch and high protein.
• May 2000 Separation Anxiety in new puppy.
• April 2000 Musky the Husky - Neuter/hypo-thryoid - rehab in a few months.
• March 2000 BM and Urination stress - Shih tsu female
• February 2000 Sharpei-mix aggressive/bad advice, jowl shake, etc. Bio-Sonic bean bags.
• January 2000 Airedale getting aggressive due to unruly w/visitors.
• December 1999 Christmas destruction, chewing, etc.
• November 1999 Unruly Labrador Female - Cage stress
• October 1999 Bed-wetting Dalmatian Soaking the kibble worked.
• September 1999 Steroid therapy and side effects - psychosis, etc
• August 1999 Digging - Back Yard Dog in Hot Summer.
• July 1999 HOUSETRAINING - Commitment and urination.
• June 1999 Barking, charging at front door.
• May 1999 HOUSETRAINING - the Pet shop puppy.
• April 1999 High carbohydrate Vs high protein diet - hyper Akita calms on high protein.
• March 1999 Growl while eat - Dad punish = beta dog aggressive to mom and kids.
• February 1999 Cat spray indoors - stray cat outside.
• January 1999 A Stubborn dog? Maybe he's not well.
• December 1998 Puppy-proofing the house.
• November 1998 Nail clipping aggression and Dremmel.
• October 1998 Aggressive pup - Juvenile cataracts
• September 1998 Dog urinates on owner's head.
• August 1998 Sound phobia- July 4th
• July 1998 Phobias - noise
• June 1998 Jumping Dogs
• May 1998 Puppy submissive wetting.
• April 1998 Adopted dog case. Leash straining, etc
• March 1998 Runaway biting dog, new owner, great dog.
• February 1998 Training a dog to bite the family kid.
• January 1998 Rambunctious biting pup, Bio-Sonic bean bag.
• December 1997 Biting children - chow case.
• November 1997 Leash straining - Sof-Touch Leash cases.
• October 1997 Fighting dogs and allelomimetic fighting owners.
• September 1997 Coughing poodle and sweater plus Clippers and Don Arner.
• August 1997 Self Mutilation - Tail Numb - Chiropractic solution.
• July 1997 Attack cat Case
• June 1997 Aggressive cat
• May 1997 Hyperkinesis in Dogs
• April 1997 Coprophagia (Eating stools)
• March 1997 HOUSETRAINING old dog, blind Mini-Dachshund polyuria and steroids.
• February 1997 HOUSETRAINING 3 year old Sheltie
• January 1997 Winter Pup HOUSETRAINING
• December 1996 Cat urinating in house.
• November 1996 Aggression and the Beta Dog Syndrome
• October 1996 Chewing testimonial case.

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